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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.14.40
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 40
- prāṇināṁ hanyamānānāṁ
- dīnānām akṛtāgasām
- strīṇāṁ nigṛhyamāṇānāṁ
- kopiteṣu mahātmasu
prāṇināmwhen the living entities — when the living entities; hanyamānānāmbeing killed — being killed; dīnānāmof the poor — of the poor; akṛtaof the faultless-āgasāmof the faultless — of the faultless; strīṇāmof the women — of the women; nigṛhyamāṇānāmbeing tortured — being tortured; kopiteṣubeing enraged — being enraged; mahātmasuwhen the great souls — when the great souls.
They will kill poor, faultless living entities, torture women and enrage the great souls.
Demoniac activities are predominant when innocent, faultless living entities are killed, women are tortured, and the great souls engaged in Kṛṣṇa consciousness are enraged. In a demoniac society, innocent animals are killed to satisfy the tongue, and women are tortured by unnecessary sexual indulgence. Where there are women and meat, there must be liquor and sex indulgence. When these are prominent in society, by God's grace one can expect a change in the social order by the Lord Himself or by His bona fide representative.